A hospital director is told that 56% of the emergency room visitors are insured. The director wants to test the claim that the percentage of insured patients is below the expected percentage. A sample of 210 patients found that 105 were insured. Make the decision to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level. Is it reject null hypothesis or fail to reject null hypothesis?

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A hospital director is told that 56% of the emergency room visitors are insured. The director wants to test the claim that the percentage of insured patients is below the expected percentage. A sample of 210 patients found that 105 were insured. Make the decision to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.05 level.

Is it reject null hypothesis or fail to reject null hypothesis?

 
 
 
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